Couture Houses Ledger
The Couture Houses Ledger catalogs Costume Institute objects by fifty luxury and couture houses in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, with garment family, named era, parsed collection season, materials and designer attribution, drawn from the Met Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every entry links its museum record; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised.
| Object | House | Date | Garment family | Era | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Shoes | Dior | Unavailable | footwear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Shoes | Dior | 01/01/1961 | footwear | Sixties | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | Unavailable | evening | Sixties | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Robe Promesse" | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Pumps | Dior | 01/01/1958 | footwear | Sixties | — |
| Pumps | Dior | 01/01/1958 | footwear | Sixties | — |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Wedding shoes | Dior | 01/01/1956 | footwear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening accessory set | Dior | Unavailable | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Hat | Dior | 01/01/1956 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Hat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1958 | accessories | Sixties | — |
| Pullover sweater | Balenciaga | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Housecoat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1956 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Balenciaga | 01/01/1961 | daywear | Sixties | — |
| Suit | Balenciaga | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1961 | evening | Sixties | — |
| Suit | Chanel | 01/01/1958 | daywear | Sixties | — |
| Suit | Chanel | 01/01/1957 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1958 | evening | Sixties | — |
| Cocktail dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1958 | evening | Sixties | — |
| Cape | Mainbocher | 01/01/1956 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Givenchy | 01/01/1958 | daywear | Sixties | — |
| Evening ensemble | Givenchy | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Cardin | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Balmain | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening pumps | Ferragamo | 01/01/1958 | footwear | Sixties | — |
| Ensemble | Dior | 01/01/1955 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cloche | Dior | 01/01/1955 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Hat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1955 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Calot | Balenciaga | 01/01/1955 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Cocktail dress | Grès | 01/01/1960 | evening | Sixties | — |
| Evening underdress | Dior | Unavailable | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dinner suit | Dior | 01/01/1955 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Cocktail dress | Dior | 01/01/1955 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| "Virevolte" | Dior | 01/01/1955 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Cocktail ensemble | Dior | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dinner dress | Dior | 01/01/1955 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |